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The British Rail Class 807 Evero [8] is a type of electric multiple unit being built by Hitachi Rail for train operator Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi A-train design, a total of 10 seven-car units will be produced.
The British Rail Class 390 Pendolino is a type of electric high-speed passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains. [3] They are electric multiple units using Fiat Ferroviaria 's tilting train Pendolino technology and built by Alstom .
Avanti West Coast Class 221 at Crewe in 2024, in a light Avanti ends livery. Virgin Trains West Coast Class 221 at Watford Junction in 2008. Avanti West Coast used the Class 221 units primarily between London Euston, Chester, Wrexham and North Wales. They were also used by a declining number of London Euston to West Midlands services.
The British Rail Class 805 Evero is a type of bi-mode multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi A-train design, 13 five-car units were built to replace Class 221s on services between London Euston, Birmingham New Street and stations on the North Wales Coast lines. Their introduction allowed the elimination ...
First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership. During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP).
Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast face months of disruption. Walk-outs began on 31 December and are set to continue until the late May bank holiday weekend ...
The biggest rail union has suspended strikes on the West Coast main line for the next two Sundays – but the announcement comes too late for a normal service to run on 19 January.
On that line, as well as between Birmingham and London, only one Avanti train will run each hour, instead of the usual three, during the brief spell of service. Overall, only 70 trains are sure to ...